Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-25
SchnanhelL Heard From.

has been received in Chicago. Schnau-
contradictory stories made the round
through the daily press, whose corpse
was upon one occasion located in Lake
Erie. aud shortly afterward found in
Connecticut village, who was seen in
New York, New Orleans, Mexico and
Californis, but vas never captured, is
heard from at last. He has turned up
in Christiauia, Norway, and it is from
there that his letter is dated The letter
is a surprise to his mostintimate friends
and those who are in q position to know
do not doubt for moment its identity.
The letter was printed in The Autono-
mic, d soeialistic newspaper published
lin Iondon,s which bears the date of
April 0, aRdtreads as follows:
Dear Comrades Having found an
opportunity 10 read copy OF your
organ, Tho Autonomie, and to thus re-.
new my relations TO old comrades, ]
feel inclined to say few words regard
! ing my connection with the Haymarket
affair of May A, 1886, in Chicago The
perjurers hired by the police. claimed
that they had seen me in the alley with
my friend, Spies who ignited. the fuse
on thefamous bomb which ] took from
him and threw inthe nlidstof tbeChicago
citizens association Such and other
Infamous lies were told about me. In
reality was standing all the while on
the wagon. which served as tribune to
the speakers. / left the wagon when
the police came to break up the meet
ing. On being informed the following
day. while at work in the shop l was
employed in of the arrest of my brother
in-law Michael Schwab, went to the
police headquarters 10 bail him out.
This was refused. A few days after
wards had to pay another, this time in
voluntary, visit to the police headquar-
tiers. was called off from my work
and subjected TO a rigid examination,
but they let me go again.
1T was ouly when saw the delirious
thirst after blood on the part of the
order-loving bandits that the idea of
escaping to safer place came to me.
| knew the hatred and rascality of these
lovers of order too well not to foresee
that they would shrink at no means to
satisfy their blood thirstiness. The
comedy, called trial, has shown how
right was. Had | thrown that bomb
| would certainly have no reason to be
ashamed of myself, As it was | did
not even think of such an act This
for the present. In the next letter will
attempt to furnish you q description of
my travels. experiences, and adventures.
With hearty greetings remain,
RUDOLPH ScHNAuBELT.n
That the letter emanates from
Schnaubelt /, and with me great many
others, do not doubt for moment
said one of Schnaubelt's friends. 1--WE
have positive proofs that he is its author.
Rudolph was in constant communica-
ton with a friend in America. While
the police were looking for him all over
the United States Schuaubelt lived
/ quietly in a farmhouse in Northern
California. number of ex-members
of the Chicago North side group are
/ making their living as farmers in
Northern California. With one of them
Sehnaubet lived tilling the soil and
watching the progress of the trial in
Chicago When sentence was pro-
nounced before Judge Gary, Sehnaubelt
began TO think seriously of leaving this
country forever. One day he turned up
| in Portland, Ore. He was thoroughly
disguised. He had lost his superfluous
flesh, and was SO Sunburned that be
resembled a hardy farm laborer. He
applied for work at the docks and easily
obtained berth on vessel sailing be-
tween Portland and San Francisco.
Co bis arrival in San Francisco be
obtained work on ship bound for
Canton, China. The hardships he went